Y4 visit the SCIENCE MUSEUM – the place where happiness is born!
This term Y4 visited the Science Museum to investigate electricity, forces, states of matter, light and sound! As one Y4 child said ‘ It was fun, interesting, exciting and most of all – a place where happiness is born!’
Here are some of Y4’s thoughts about the day and pictures of their explorations.
After a long journey….…we were rearing to go!
‘We first went to the Wonderlab, where we could touch almost anything!’
‘We were intrigued to see all the experiments you could do and how interesting they were.’‘This was one of my favourite activities because there was so much mist.’Did you know that mist is a liquid made of tiny water droplets that float in the air?Catching water droplets on camera.‘We got it!’Exploring electricity!‘ I turned on the buzzer and the light’Watching water freeze.Infrared poses!Hot objects are seen as red and cooler ones as blue. ‘I made this!’ ‘We learnt that arch bridges are really strong.’Exploring convex mirrors.Multiple mirrorsHow many?Can I make this fly?Waiting to explore forces on the slides.‘We sat on a carpet with our feet inside a flap.’ ‘I learnt about friction.’ ‘My favourite activity was the slide because you got to test which material was the best to slide on.’‘I went so fast that I thought my soul had gone to a new universe!’ Which do you think is the fastest?What colours will I see?A surprise Science show.‘We loved the dry ice bubbles!’‘My favourite thing was the lightning generator. Did you know that if you put your hand near a lightning generator the lightning is attracted to you because your body passes electrical signals?’Exploring liquids. Another Science show.‘The super absorbent gel soaked up the water.’‘He showed us how to make ‘elephant toothpaste!’‘I liked how this exploded!’‘We saw fire moving to the sound of music.’We really enjoyed the show.Magnetic liquid‘I liked how the solid magnet sucked up the liquid magnet.’Sound waves‘We made them go faster and slower.’‘The water splashed around when the sound waves vibrated.’We found out that the ropes and pulleys help us to lift our own body weight!The secret life of the home.I saw a self opening door, a burglar alarm system and the world’s first video game! It was very interesting.’This was one of the first ever video games – called ‘Pong’. ‘It was so much fun playing it with our friends.’‘I learnt many things. I did not know that you had to put an iron on a stove to heat it up before you iron your clothes!’ ‘Some people used an iron to straighten their hair!’‘We opened it!’We had a fantastic day!
‘I really liked this trip, especially at the end when there was an amazing show about matter and light.’
‘The trip was tiring but exciting. I couldn’t wait to go there and I would love to go there again.’
‘We came to see sound, light, shadows and materials, and that was exactly what we got!’
‘The trip was spectacular and I wish that I could go there againsometime.’
‘I loved the visit to the Science Museum. It wasthe best place I have been to in London.’
A BIG ‘thank you’ to our lovely helpers who helped to make this a fantastic day!
